Following <a href="http://www.architecture.yale.edu/drupal/">Yale's four-decade tradition</a> that encourages first-year architecture and design students to construct a hip new building, this year's students came up with Assembly One - a reflective pavilion made out of thin sheets of aluminum. Designed to be eventually used as an information center at <a href="http://artidea.org/">New Haven’s summer International Festival of Arts and Ideas</a>, the shiny structure is the result of groundbreaking computational and material techniques.

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Assembly One by Yale

Yale students designed a temporary pavilion called Assembly One

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Assembly One by Yale

Using groundbreaking computation and material techniques, they designed this pavilion using 1,000 panels of super thin aluminum

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Assembly One by Yale

Two sides are open while two sides are closed, relatively speaking

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The pavilion looks different from each person's vantage point because of the light's interaction with the reflective material

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The design optimizes natural ventilation

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We love how the festival lights play on the pavilion at night

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Assembly One by Yale

Following Yale's four-decade tradition that encourages first-year architecture and design students to construct a hip new building, this year's students came up with Assembly One - a reflective pavilion made out of thin sheets of aluminum. Designed to be eventually used as an information center at New Haven’s summer International Festival of Arts and Ideas, the shiny structure is the result of groundbreaking computational and material techniques.